The Warrior Press

Riverside High School ~ The Warrior Press ~ Volume 4, Edition 13 ~ Monday, October 23, 2023

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week - Say No to Drugs & Alcohol! Riverside High School will host its annual Red Ribbon Week the Week of October 23. Please see the attached graphic for information about Red Ribbon Week. Reminder that School Dress Code always applies to any "dress-up" day.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Sheriff's Office will bring by the Guard Your Life "Victoria Humphries" crashed vehicle. The Sheriff's Office will also conduct classroom visits with small group instruction on Monday, Oct. 23 to teachers who sign up for lessons with the sign-up genius link.

On Wednesday, Oct. 25, the Sheriff's Office collaborated with iRize, a nonprofit organization for an impactful assembly that will be held for all students, faculty, and staff in the gym at 10 a.m. Please see the attached link for more information. https://www.rizeprevention.org/irize

Warrior Announcements

Homecoming Dance

Homecoming Dance - Riverside High School hosted its annual Homecoming Dance Friday night at Fluor Field. Thank you to all that came and helped put on this wonderful experience for our students.

"Alice in Wonderland"

Tea Party Time - The Riverside High School Drama Department will produce “Alice in Wonderland” on October 26-27 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $5.

SAT/ACT Choice Exam

Parents and students - All third year students will have the choice of taking either the SAT, ACT or no exam this year. Please use the attached form to express what choice your student will be making. Please see your counselor or administrator if you have any questions.

ACT/SAT Choice Form

Fall Semester Exam Schedule

Fall Exam Schedule - Please see the attached Fall Semester Exam Schedule. Please be advised that exams will not be given early .

Academic Time (Tutoring)

Academic Time (Tutoring) has begun for the 2023-24 School Year. Academic Time (Tutoring) will be offered (free of charge) for all Riverside High School students on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5:30 p.m. on the "G Hall". To participate, all students MUST be present by 4:00 p.m. (they will not be allowed to participate if they arrive after 4:00 p.m.), and all students must have their ID on. Students are responsible for their own transportation if they stay for Academic Time. Please take advantage of this free opportunity to assist your student with their classes.

Class of 2024 to Graduate on May 23

2024 Graduation! The Riverside High School Class of 2024 will graduate at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 23 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Please see the attached information regarding graduation information.

Graduation Information

Student Drop-off/Pick-up

Parents, please use the parent loop off of Suber Road when bringing your student to school in the morning. The parent is loop is the first entrance into the school from the Hammett Bridge stop light, indicated on the attached picture with a blue arrow. Parents are not permitted to use the student entrance. This is for our student drivers. The red X is the student loop/entrance. This is to ensure the safety of our student drivers. Thank you for your understanding, and please let us know if you have any questions/concerns.

Warrior Highlights

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Competitive Cheer Team as it took 2nd Place in its division Saturday at TL Hanna.

3rd in State - Congratulations to the Riverside High School Boys Swimming Team as it took 3rd Place at the Class AAAA State Meet Monday in Columbia.

Region 2-AAAA Champions - Congratulations to the Riverside High School Girls Cross Country Team as it won the Region 2-AAAA Championship Saturday. Congratulations to Lauren Kelly for taking first place and being named the Region Athlete of the Year! The Boys Team finished in 2nd place with Caleb McDowell winning the race and also being named Athlete of the Year! The Girls JV Team finished in 1st place, while the Boys JV Team finished in 2nd Place.

Region 2-AAAA Results

Athletic Week Results

Girls Varsity Volleyball - TC Roberson 3, Riverside 0
Girls Golf - Riverside Finished 13th at Class AAAA Upper State Championships
Cross Country - Girls Finished 1st at Region 2-AAAA Meet; Boys Finished 2nd
Swimming - Boys Team Finished 3rd at Class AAAA State Meet
Cheerleading - Finished 2nd Place at TL Hanna

Athletes of the Week

Athletic Safety Requirements

Clear Bag Policy

Athletic Safety Requirements

Parents and Guardians,

In light of recent events at athletic venues across the country, Greenville County Schools has updated its safety requirements for athletic events, effective immediately.

For all Greenville County Schools athletic events, the following requirements are in place to ensure the safety of all attendees:

Middle school students and younger must be accompanied by an adult 19 years old or older to every athletic event

High school students must have a school-issued ID to enter an athletic event alone; otherwise, they must be accompanied by an adult 19 years old or older

No loitering in any area; all fans need to sit in the home or visitor stands during the event

Not following any of the rules outlined above will result in removal from the event without a refund

As a reminder, there is a clear bag policy for GCS events.

In addition, Riverside High School does not allow any outside food or drink into the stadium.

Thank you for your cooperation and help to ensure the safety of all attendees.

Club Corner

Speech & Debate Wins @ Bob Jones University

Congratulations to the Riverside High School Speech & Debate Team for winning the 37th Annual Bob Jones Academy Speech Tournament, held at Bob Jones University on Saturday. 26 schools from across North and South Carolina participated in this event. In addition to winning the overall sweepstakes award, several students won individual championships: Valeria de la Llave in Program Oral Interpretation, Isabella Murillo in Declamation, Dante Rementeria in Humorous Interpretation, Keerthana Sankarapu in Novice Congress—House of Representatives, Enyo Toklo in Dramatic Interpretation, and Kai Tucker in Informative Speaking. The team of Avi Bhatia and Fox Vickery and the team of Aahanna Das and Charline Monnier were declared co-champions of Duo Interpretation due to an unbreakable tie. Krteyu Ramanathan was a triple champion, winning Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu Speaking, and Prose/Poetry Interpretation.

A complete list of Riverside winners follows:

Keerthana Sankarapu, 1st in Novice Congress—House
Chinomso Chuku, 2nd in Novice Congress—Senate
Andy Lin, 6th in Varsity Congress
Hannah Liu, 2nd in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Zachary Thies, 3rd in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate
Rebecca Han, 2nd in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Sreeka Bodepudi and Greta Kriston, 3rd in Public Forum Debate
Shivank Gowda and Shota Taono, 6th in Public Forum Debate
Dante Rementeria, 6th in Children’s Literature
Isabella Murillo, 1st in Declamation
Enyo Toklo, 2nd in Declamation
Alivia Gutierrez, 3rd in Declamation
Pranita Kata, 4th in Declamation
Enyo Toklo, 1st in Dramatic Interpretation
Samantha Mamrick, 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Artem Feno, 4th in Dramatic Interpretation
Avi Bhatia and Fox Vickery, 1st in Duo Interpretation
Aahanna Das and Charline Monnier, 1st in Duo Interpretation
Dante Rementeria and Alivia Gutierrez, 5th in Duo Interpretation
Krteyu Ramanathan, 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking
Isabella Murillo, 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking
Sashwath Sivaaraman, 5th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Zane Holley, 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Dante Rementeria, 1st in Humorous Interpretation
Valeria de la Llave, 3rd in Humorous Interpretation
Treesa Abraham, 4th in Humorous Interpretation
Avi Bhatia, 5th in Humorous Interpretation
Krteyu Ramanthan, 1st in Impromptu
Isabella Murillo, 4th in Impromptu
Kai Tucker, 6th in Impromptu
Kenneth Zalewski, 3rd in Novice Impromptu
Nirvan Gupta, 5th in Novice Impromptu
Kai Tucker, 1st in Informative Speaking
Eli Golob, 2nd in Novice Reading
Jose Pena-Farias, 3rd in Novice Reading
Nirvan Gupta, 4th in Novice Reading
Kenneth Zalewski, 5th in Novice Reading
Devon Becker, 6th in Novice Reading
Jeffrey Yu, 4th in Original Oratory
Valeria de la Llave, 1st in Program Oral Interpretation
Samantha Mamrick, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation
Treesa Abraham, 6th in Program Oral Interpretation
Krteyu Ramanathan, 1st in Prose/Poetry
Valeria de la Llave, 2nd in Prose/Poetry
Charline Monnier, 3rd in Prose/Poetry

Pride of Riverside Advances to State Competition

State-Bound! - Congratulations to the Riverside High School Marching Band "Pride of Riverside" as it finished tied for 7th Place at the SCBDA Upper State Championships Saturday. The band will now compete at the State Championships Saturday at Spring Valley High School.

Club Announcements:

Boo Grams - Hey Warriors, UNICEF Club is selling boo grams until Thursday during lunch. A boo gram is a cute gift, which includes a brownie and a message, to send to someone for Halloween. They are selling for 2 dollars.
RHS Book Club - RHS Book Club will hold a full group meeting on Wednesday, October 25 after school (that's a Wednesday!) Bring your favorite TRICK or TREAT, your favorite SCARY STORY, and come for some scary good fun. We will also have t-shirt order info at this meeting so you don't want to miss it! We will meet in J-115. See Dr. Wagner if you have any questions.
Atlas Club & German Club - Atlas Club and German Club are hosting an Oktoberfest event on Wednesday, October 25 from 4 pm to 6 pm in the media center. Bring money to participate in a variety of activities and purchase food items! Admission is free. All proceeds will go to benefit Project Pearls in the Philippines!"
Holiday Meal - We will be having our Holiday lunch on November 16th. The Holiday Meal will consist of Turkey with gravy or Glazed Ham, Cornbread Stuffing or Roll, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Green Beans, Garden Salad, Fruit Cobbler, Fresh Fruit, Milk and Tea for Adults. The cost of an adult meal is $4.75. The Holiday Meal will be served in Lines 1 and 2 and Line 3 will be having Chicken Filets, Hamburgers, Pizza, fruits and vegetables as well as Papa John's pizza.

Kay Leads Academic Team

Academic Team - Congratulations to Riverside High School student Morgan Kay as she placed 6th out of 100 competitors at the Tigertown Throwdown Academic Team Competition Saturday.

Happy Fall Warriors! Yes, here in the south we could have summer a little longer but, it's October and Fall is definitely in the air. Fall is awesome and we hope you enjoy it.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful committees and volunteers for all they've done so far. Whether you've worked the school store, contributed to our hospitality events, bought or sold spirit wear, were involved in the mini-grant process, helped with suicide prevention, are a behind the scenes volunteer, or are working on future events, we want to send our sincerest gratitude. This PTSA is as awesome as it is because of volunteers like you.

If you'd like to see more of what we're about, we invite you to visit our website at Riverside High School PTSA - Greer,SC

Join RHS PTSA

Sullivan Agency / @SullivanAgency

Red Ribbon Week

October 23-27 is Red Ribbon Week. There are many activities and themes taking place that week to encourage everyone to live drug free. This year’s theme is: Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug Free.

PTSA School Store Volunteers Needed

We still need volunteers to assist in the school store during lunch! If interested in volunteering, please see the Sign-Up Genius below. Feel free to bring a friend. You can use the comments section to indicate if someone is joining you. Also, if you're new to working the School Store, let Loree Hartzog know. She’s happy to volunteer with you to show you the ropes. It's easy and really fun! You can email questions to her at loreehartzog@yahoo.com.

**Must be a Level I Volunteer.

PTSA School Store Sign Up

PTSA Reflections Contest

RHS Booster Club - What Does It Do?

Do you know what the Booster Club does? At Riverside, we are here to raise money and create a winning and fun culture for our student athletes, families and the school itself. We are a non-profit in which 100% of the money raised goes back to our athletic teams or to make future events bigger and better each year.

How can you contribute and help your Booster Club? We have a membership drive that will start this week on GoFan. We are hoping that we can get the majority of families at Riverside to become a member. Not only is it tax deductible and inexpensive, it directly helps your coaches and students through athletic needs and wants. There is strength in numbers! We are also looking for Corporate sponsors for some of our events. If you own a business or would like to introduce us to someone that may have an interest, we want to talk with them. Have them reach out to JD Nelson or Nathan Headley with the RHS Booster Club or message us through this site.

Please follow our Facebook page Riverside Warrior Booster Club and Twitter @RHSWarriorClub and look for the Booster Club table at our home football games this year!

RHS PTSA/Sponsors